Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-22
1.-THE MEN"
What Kate Field said of Them at a
Banquet.

What Kate Field said of Them at a
Banquet.
/ Miss Kate Field made little speech
after dinner given the other night by a
| local post of the Grand Army OF the Re
public. She was asked 10 respond to the
mighty original toast: "The Men" She
said:
"When the commander of this gallant
post invited me to be present this even
ing l accepted with pleasure, ss some of
INV dearest friends belong to the
Grand Army. But when your COM
mander bhndly insinuated that he
wanted me to FAY something, hesitsted,
as there was nothing for me to talk about,
all the toasts having been assigned to elo-
quent speakers. Then it occurred TO me
that might say good word for tae men,
| GOD bless them, They have so long toas-
ted the women as to make it but fair that
they at last should be toasted by q wo-
man. They have too long had the field
to themselves. For nearly 5000 years
they have been talking. But as there
is as much sex in mind as there
is in matter we have seen all things in
profile. Now, an artist will tell you that
the two sides of the same face are not
exactly alike. l pray, therefore, let US
| have the other profile around your camp
| fire, whereby we may see the entire face,
gaze into the tell-tale eyes, and thus get
at the soul OF all things. Pray,
who does the greater part OF
! speaking in private, Mr.: or Mrs.
| Caudle ? Were l MAJ l should hail public
| speaking by women as blessing in dis
guise. When Vesuvius is in state of
/ eruption Etna is quiet. If tradition be
correct, women are not lacking in tiuency
| OF dicti n. Indeed, it has been seriously
questioned whether women partake
OF celestial Joys, because once upon
| q time there was silence in
/ heaven for the space of half
an hour. Then, if precedent be re-
| quired, women can trace back their orat-
! orical privileges much further than men,
| for Eve was the original orator l. is to
| the persuasive, after-dinner pleading
for it was, you remember, after the ap-
pies-thst we owe all knowledge So, in
! behalf of my suppressed oratorical sex, l
| took the men-God bless 'em. Said
! to your commander: NO speech
/ at your camp fire should be longer than
five minutes Good gracious he re-
] piled, DO you tnlnS you can 90 Justlce TO
men in five minutes?' No; but in less
than that brief period l can give some
sign of my appreciation. a child may
worship the stars and yet be unable to Sc
lect one bright particular planet for future
abode. The ardent fisherman in q cane
brake may seek for the best rod until
he energies on the further side. So sim
gle woman may respond most warmly to
this toast for the special reason that she
| is committed to no particular type and is
held responsible for no selection. First
! of all, let me assert that the one great
virtue in man loved and admired by all
| womsnhood is courage. In this assem-
bly, of boys with gray boards,
on whose breasts shine the bronze
stars made out of cannon captured
from the enemy, stand surrounded by
physical courage, and if your moral cour
age and your intelligence at the ballot
I box be equal to your still sturdy right
stSrms, this republic will be perpetuated
and honored by the same grand army
| by its noble remnants at least-that